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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
May. 02, 1996
Takahiro Inakuma, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroyasu Furui, Tochigi, JP;
Yoshinori Tokugawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Fumiaki Tsuda, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsuo Nagai, Hiroshima, JP;
Shuitsu Kirihara, Hiroshima, JP;
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kagome Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
The method and apparatus of the invention for the continuous roasting of food materials are such that the food material being fed into a heated tubular cylinder is mixed up within and transferred through said tubular cylinder while the vaporized components of the food material are recovered and cooled to liquefy. The apparatus may comprise the horizontally placed tabular cylinder with an open front end, the coil screw inserted into the tubular cylinder in such a way that it can be driven to rotate, and the cooling unit that is connected to a vent port formed in the middle part of the tubular cylinder.